Probationer Anne Bradford Learns the Nurse's Trade
Peter England, a medical student, meets Anne Bradford a probationer on the hospital flower service. She earns patient trust with skill and warmth, facing a grave test when a ward misjudgment threatens her career. Peter shields her as she vows to tell the truth and continue her calling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Mac
Anne Bradford
Renshaw
Mie
Peter England
Holland
Miss Renshaw
Anne
Dr. Sykes
Miss Redden
Mrs. Bruning
Art Objects Seized in Fascist Held Italian Lands
Berlin radio cites a Rome despatch reporting the Fascist Republican government decreed confiscation of all art objects in Jewish possession within areas Italy controls. Jews were ordered to register their treasures or face confiscation without compensation, the dispatch said.
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Berlin
Rome
Italy
Eight-hour day in war cited by Hamilton Spectator
The Hamilton Spectator quotes a wartime editorial stating that in every front where humanity is opposed, brave men are bleeding and dying and that there is no eight-hour day in war, no five-day week, and no overtime pay.
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Hamilton Spectator
Benjamin Franklin proposed parachute troops in 1784
The fragment notes that Benjamin Franklin reportedly suggested the use of parachute troops in warfare as early as 1784.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Soldiers Earn Medals and Service News From Across Canada
Acting Corporal Melvin J. Tate of National Mills Manitoba earned the Military Medal in Italy for leading forward under fire and recovering guns as his regiment advanced. Lt-Commander W. D. Brown helped rescue survivors from a Nazi U-boat and identified its captain. Prairie servicemen head to Labrador entertainments and Canucks overseas draw visitors to British homes. Able Seaman Barber W. Sewell from Stony Mountain turns haircutting into a naval task. CWAC transfers include 2nd Lieut M J Horner, daughter of Senator A B Horner, moving to Saskatoon. Mary Choromud enlists with family service ties in Ebenzer. Eleven of nineteen latest enlistees have a family member in service.
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Melvin J. Tate
National Mills
Manitoba
Italy
Tate
W. D. Brown
Brown
Rotterdam
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Fast Scalp Healing
Promote healing of itchy scalp with Moone's Emerald Oil mixed equal parts olive oil applied to scalp daily. Gently massage into roots then shampoo every fourth day. Continue two weeks and request money back if not satisfied. Druggists carry Emerald Oil.
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Moone
Trade in Holland Sparks Lively Proverb Trade
Dutch shops display signs with proverbs as war news notes cite a Dutch Nazi newspaper grumbling about the brisk use of sayings. The OWI quotes lines such as sowing wind reaping whirlwind and relief arriving in need to illustrate morale.
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Holland
Office of War Information
Villages Wiped Out in Polish Retaliation
German authorities acknowledge two Polish villages were wiped out and more than 1200 Poles killed in retaliation for 16 assassinations in the Bailystok province last July, reported by the Polish telegraph agency.
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Bailystok
Poland
Buckley’s Mixture Promises Quick Relief for Coughs
Canada’s Buckley’s Mixture markets itself as the largest selling cough and cold remedy. The ad touts a new syrup free formula that acts faster and goes farther while correcting the underlying over acid condition, offered for 40c and 75c with a call to buy today.
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Buckley
Canada
Not Much Revenue Major Of The Salvation Army At Edmonton
Major R Shaw of the Salvation Army Corps at Edmonton recounts a Fort St John incident where a swear box on the Alaska Highway collected only one dollar after men paid a dime per swear word. The box emptied as swearing slowed, prompting the donation with an apologetic note.
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Salvation Army
Edmonton
R. Shaw
Salvation Army Corps
Alaska
Fort St. John
Apple a Day Apron Pattern 4575 for all sizes
Simple sprightly apron design Pattern 4575 with optional applique apples and ruffles. Sizes small to large available with fabric yardage listed and price one pattern twenty cents. Orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Man
Kellogg's All-Bran Promoted For Daily Digestive Health
In wartime lines, readers are urged to maintain health by daily All-Bran cereal or muffins with ample water. The ad argues against harsh laxatives and promotes regularity through bulk from All-Bran. Made by Kellogg's in London, Canada, the grocer's stock comes in two sizes.
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Kellwgg
Kellogg's
London
Canada
Britains Betty Gibbs joins Washington diplomacy circle
Betty Gibbs, newly appointed British diplomat and attache on Lord Halifax's Washington staff, toured Canada aboard the Iron Duke in 1941 and later served as receptionist at the British Embassy. Widowed in 1941, she has two stepsons in Eastern Canada. her father is Sir Harold Snagge.
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Betty Gibbs
Britain
Lord Halifax
Washington
Canada
Gibbs
England
Eton
Harold Snagge
London
Yoskyl Gurdon
Churchill
Aid To Britain Praises Canadian Farmers At Ottawa Show
High Commissioner Malcolm MacDonald opening the Export Food Show in Ottawa honors Britain’s war effort and credits Canadian farmers for supplying essential food from 1940 to 1941 as the Allies faced the Nazi onslaught. He notes Britain's need for courage, resilience, and food until freedom arrived.
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Malcolm MacDonald
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Britain
Mr. MacDonald
R.A.F
Canada
The Other Enemy Fog and icebergs menace wartime sea lanes
The Navy warns that pea-soup fog and icebergs threaten 40 ship convoys in the Atlantic. Crew endure silence and tension as fog blindfolds ships and tests sailors in brutal winter seas.
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Atlantic
Sealanes
Labrador
Gulf Stream
Canada
Royal Canadian Navy
Navy
Food shortage in Paris triggers mass rural evacuation plan
Reports from Paris reveal extreme food shortages with nearly 1,000,000 people expected to evacuate to rural areas this winter to avoid starvation. Food packets from the countryside sustain some Parisians already.
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France
Paris
The Letter M Through Phoenician to Modern Design
The letter M shows only slight design variation from Phoenician origins to today, reflecting enduring geometric form. This note traces its evolution across early scripts and modern typography.
Earthquakes Hint Islands May Vanish Beneath Pacific Waters
USGS notes Japan faces ongoing earthquakes and potential island submergence. Historical geology mentions Kyusa Bay island sinking 300 years ago with 5 000 lives lost, while other regions show land rising and sinking over geological time.
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Japan
United States Geological Survey
Pacific
Kyusa Bay
South America
England
Chatham News
Why Worry About Rations Through the Centuries
A reader asks why fear rationing when forebears lacked comforts only in later centuries. The verse lists inventions and imports by century from sugar in the 13th to motor cars and canned goods in the 20th, framing resilience across ages.
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ROYAL
MacDonald
Overseas Department
W. L. MacKenzie & CO. Ltd
Bannatyne Ave. East
Wilnipes, Canada
Prairie Boys
Knights of Columbus
R.C.A.F
United States Army
Overseas
Barber W. Sewell
Stony Mountain
Sewell
A. B. Sewell
M. J. Horner
A. B. Horner
Blaine Lake, Sask
CWAC
Saskatoon
Mary Choromud
Ebenzer, Sask
Nick H
Veterans’ Guard of Canada
Johnny
Bill
Army
Ee Ieee Ee Te
Crewe
Islands
Byuckleys
ALL Cruegists
Calgary - Alberta
Dencker
Joyce Bub
P.D
Vancouver
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